Sentences with phrase «as desert species»

It is very abrasive to many herps, even ones people often think of as desert species, including the aforementioned leopard geckos, spurred tortoises and desert kingsnakes.

Not exact matches

In this «Southernness» lies an anthropology beyond both the American and, at least since Descartes, the European species of anthropology» a recognition of the wayfarer as created intellect lost and wandering in the desert until he becomes oriented to reality through such signs as may rest their limited significance in specific time and place, as that complex is governed by the Word.

Reproductive isolation is the key to understanding how new species form, and many types of barriers can divide a population and split it into two different groups: geographic (such as a mountain range, desert, ocean or river), morphological (a change in coloration, body type or reproductive organs), behavioral (a change in breeding season, mating calls or courtship actions), and others.

In contrast, Bryant's females, themselves larger, were open to mating with the smaller, more docile desert woodrat males as well as the males of their own species.

During the Iran - Iraq war in the 1980s, troop movement and heavy bombing had a serious impact on the two countries» shared fragile desert ecosystem, which is home to such species as sand cats and spiny - tailed lizards.

If the species originated in sub-Saharan Africa around 200,000 years ago as was thought, the bone - dry Sahara Desert could have been a formidable barrier to migration out of the motherland.

The samples revealed long - held secrets of how desert - friendly species replaced tropical plants and animals as monsoon rains retreated farther south into the continent.

As plant species spread from their nutrient - rich tropical origins, however, the root tips of plants such as the desert shrub species Tamarix ramosissima (left of largest cross section) evolved to be thinner so they could more efficiently explore soil for nutrients, and they have less dependence on symbiotic fungAs plant species spread from their nutrient - rich tropical origins, however, the root tips of plants such as the desert shrub species Tamarix ramosissima (left of largest cross section) evolved to be thinner so they could more efficiently explore soil for nutrients, and they have less dependence on symbiotic fungas the desert shrub species Tamarix ramosissima (left of largest cross section) evolved to be thinner so they could more efficiently explore soil for nutrients, and they have less dependence on symbiotic fungi.

By analyzing variation in a specific bacterial gene in his samples — the greater the variability, the higher the variety of species — Fierer found that deserts contained up to twice as many bacterial species, roughly 10,000 per 10 square meters, as did acidic rain forest soils.

Most of the species that once roamed in the pasture ecosystems have survived — some in the forests, some in deserts, some in the zoos, and some as domestic species.

When providing water, remember that a desert species might only drink a little bit each day (they are very good at conserving their body water supply); tree dwelling species such as Chameleons and Anoles may only drink the dew drops from the leaves.

Roborovski hamsters (also known as desert hamsters) are the most recent species of hamster introduced to the pet market.

The feline species originated as a desert animal.

One big key to keeping chameleons is to give them as much outdoor access and direct sunlight as possible, whether they be montane or desert species.

Additionally, those species that would naturally be exposed to very bright visible light, such as bearded dragons, Uromastyx and other desert animals, will benefit from the natural, bright light provided.

Higher output UVB tubes in the eight - percent - or - higher range are most effective for sun - loving desert species (bearded dragons, uromastyx and most tortoises), as well as for use in very large or tall enclosures, or when mesh screen lids are used.

The order is a cosmopolite (plants found throughout most of the world including desert and frigid zones), and includes mostly herbaceous species, although a small number of trees (such as the giant Lobelia and the giant Senecio) and shrubs are also present.

It wouldn't infringe on any critical habitat for the desert tortoise, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

The number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests and coral reefs are all part of a biologically diverse Earth.

It was stated that common species such as lodgepole pine would eventually be replaced with other trees such as ponderosa pine or Douglas - fir while other areas may change completely with no tree life and therefore become desert or simply grass savannah.

Well drained and rocky substrate there creates a glade ecosystem where sloping ground can encourage the growth of prickly pear cacti and other desert and prairie species such as the collared lizard, Crotaphytus that last covered the whole area around 7,000 years ago in the Hypsithermal Interval, during the Holocene Period, when warming dried out much of the glacial Northern Hemisphere.

Desert species that depend on rainfall events to initiate breeding, such as resident birds, and migratory birds whose routes cross deserts, will be severely affected (Dukes and Mooney, 1999; Hardy, 2003; Box 4.5).

We conclude that the best information available does not indicate that persistence in the ecosystem of the Sonoran Desert Area is important to the species as a whole.

Though the bald eagle as a species was removed from the endangered species list in 2007, unique populations, like the desert nesting eagles, remained due to their status as a «distinct population segment.»

The agency has been fighting conservationists in court over the issue since as early as 2006 and, in 2007, a judge threw out their motion to strip the desert eagles of their endangered species protections.